June 2006
06.12.06 Plain Dealer: Minimum Wage key for Ohio Dems
by aflciopolitical
If labor and anti-poverty groups can get that issue on the November ballot, some political experts contend, Democratic voters will be much more likely to go to the polls. They will pick their party’s candidates to serve as governor and U.S. senator and
People's Weekly World - Minimum wage to loom large in Ohio vote
by aflciopolitical
Illustration by D. Baldinger A variety of progressive, issue-oriented forces are at work in the Ohio elections, trying to build a political movement capable of ousting the ultra-right from control of state government in November. Industrial unions,
March 2006
Ohioans For A Fair Minimum Wage
by aflciopolitical
Ohioans For A Fair Minimum Wage is a coalition of non-profit, community, faith-based, civil rights and labor organizations that believe no one should have to work for $4.25 an hour -- where Ohio's pathetic minimum wage has been mired since 1990. We believ
03.24.06 OH: Minimum-Wage Raise Touted
by aflciopolitical
Boosting the state minimum wage to $6.85 an hour — a proposal likely to appear on the November statewide ballot — would result in raises for 1 in 7 Ohio workers, according to a new study. An estimated 720,000 workers, 58 percent of them women, would b
03.16.06 OH: GOP Lawmakers Try To Defuse Minimum Wage Ballot Proposals - Yahoo! News
by aflciopolitical
The Republican-led Ohio Legislature passed a hike to the state's minimum wage last week, raising it to the federal level of $5.15 an hour, meaning small businesses also will have to pay that rate. GOP Gov. Bob Taft has endorsed it. ADVERTISEMENT Why did R
nbc4i.com - News - State Minimum Wage Could Increase With Bill
by aflciopolitical
Increase to $5.15 (currently $4.85)
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